Composer · Producer · Session musician
AaronKaplan
Aaron Kaplan is the driving musical force behind ARK Music. As a composer, producer and session musician his work can be heard on some of today's most popular television and motion picture soundtracks and studio recordings.
- Role
- Composer · Producer · Session
- Base
- Los Angeles, California
- Edu
- Berklee College of Music
- Catalogs
- Moonshine · Rattle and Roll
01Selected credits
Heard on the shows and films people already know.
Television
- The CloserSession · Composition
- NCIS: LASession · Composition
- The BlacklistSession · Composition
- GleeSession · Composition
- Rizzoli & IslesSession · Composition
- Nip/TuckSession · Composition
- The VoiceSession · Composition
- The Masked SingerSession · Composition
- The SimpsonsSession · Composition
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts UnknownSession · Composition
- Dancing With the StarsSession · Composition
- Tiger KingSession · Composition
- Modern MarvelsSession · Composition
- The Price is RightSession · Composition
Film
- Iron ManGuitar
- Monsters vs. AliensGuitar
- Open Season 2Guitar
- Real SteelGuitar
- Horrible Bosses 1 & 2Guitar
- Identity ThiefGuitar
Session and composition credits as composer, session musician, and engineer.
Full credits on IMDb (opens in a new tab)02Who
Three decades of records, tours, and screens.
A Los Angeles-based composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist whose career spans studio sessions, world tours, and major film and television projects.
As a touring musician, Aaron played keys and guitar on international tours, with live TV appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Good Morning America, The Today Show, Ellen, and The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn.
- Berklee
- College of Music
- Right Track
- New York
- Icon Studios
- Chief Engineer
- Los Angeles
- Based
03Selected work
All work- 01The BlacklistSession · Composition
- 02NCIS: LASession · Composition
- 03Iron ManGuitar
- 04Real SteelGuitar
- 05Moonshine Music Co.Library · Catalog
- 06Rattle and RollLibrary · Catalog
04The studio
The room.
An SSL-anchored control room built for records that have to hold up on a scoring stage and in a car.
- 01SSL AWS 900+ Delta consoleConsole
- 02Steinway pianoKeys
- 03Hammond organKeys
- 04MellotronKeys
- 05WurlitzerKeys
- 06Moog / Korg / Dave Smith synthsSynth
- 07Vintage Fender ampsAmp
- 081968 Martin D-18Guitar
- 091950 Martin ParlourGuitar
- 10Slingerland 1960s kitDrums
- 11Vintage AKG + Royer micsMic
- 12Logic Pro X / Pro Tools HDDAW
- 13Apogee + Burl convertersConversion
05Catalogs
Music built to be found and licensed.
- Moonshine Music Co.A catalog specializing in Americana, blues, country, and bluegrass.Extreme Music
- Rattle and RollA collection of vintage soul and roots-driven tracks.KPM
- Groove BrothersCo-founded music library.Co-founder
06Work together
How Aaron plugs in.
06.1
Composition
Original score and source cues for television, film, and trailer.
06.2
Session player
Guitar, keys, and multi-instrument overdubs, tracked in the ARK room or delivered remotely.
06.3
Production & mixing
Full production, engineering, and mix from an SSL-anchored control room.
07Get in touch
Let's cut something.
Scores, sessions, and production for television, film, and records.